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To: tpaine

You are obliged to act in accordance with what you sincerely believe to be the truth.

There is still nothing in the Constitution that is relevant to this discussion. The Constitution is NOT the source of any of our rights. It is a legal instrument by which we delegate to the federal government certain functions.


249 posted on 08/09/2004 7:47:33 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan
Exactly true. -- "There is no being which has some kind of authority over man", in a Constitutional sense.
Feel free to preach that God exists, but do not insist that your peers obey Him.

There is nothing in the Constitution which asserts or implies that men are not obliged to obey God's law.

Are you claiming that I am obliged to obey your vision of "God's law"?

There is still nothing in the Constitution that is relevant to this discussion.

Not true. I am guaranteed both freedom ~of~ religion and freedom ~from~ the establishments of any particular religion. Any effort to make me obey your "God's law" would infringe upon my guarantee.

The Constitution is NOT the source of any of our rights. It is a legal instrument by which we delegate to the federal government certain functions.

Yep, -- ALL levels of government in the USA are required to honor the principles of our "Law of the Land". -- Great concept.. Too bad many Americans can't quite seem to 'get it'.

252 posted on 08/09/2004 8:13:49 PM PDT by tpaine (No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another. - T. Jefferson)
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